President Carles Puigdemont, We address this letter to you as new President of Catalonia’s Government, and on behalf of the Advocacy Group of the People's Legislative Initiative (ILP) on emergency housing and energy poverty. For the past six years we…
On November 13th, 2015 a conference on the right to housing under the title Re-politicisation of the public - democratisation on the local level: Requirements for a solidary housing policy was held in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European Parliament. Organized by the European Parliamentary…
La Bergerie, France. On January 14th 2016 International Alliance Inhabitants (http://www.habitants.org/) invited PAH and other 20 Housing Organization from 4 different continents, to the workshop "Towards the Urban and Community Way to live well and responsibly on our planet" The…
The Catalunyan parliament has unanimously approved the People's Legislative Initiative (ILP) for urgent measures to take on the housing and energy poverty emergency. This comes as a great collective victory after years of struggle for the right to housing. It…
The meeting in Milan was a great opportunity for the PAH to participate in a space that holds a long history of social mobilization in the fight for the right to housing. It particularly made us think of the interweaving…
From the Platform for Mortgage Affected People (PAH) in Barcelona, as we face an eviction order that threatens families currently living in the collectively recuperated housing block named Bloc La Bordeta, we want to make public the fact that we…
[Más abajo en castellano] The PAH is already a European symbol of the fight for the right to housing and human rights, but its message is spreading further each day. Beyond stopping evictions and finding adequate housing for families through its…
PAH participated at the Left Forum 2015 NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE: Confronting the Crises of Capitalism and Democracy. The Forum took place May 29 - May 31, 2015 (The John Jay College, City University of New York). PAH presence was…
Vulture fund Blackstone under pressure after an international day of action called by the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH). In recent months Catalunya Banc has transferred the management of 90% of its mortgages to private equity fund Blackstone,…
